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Short Curriculum Vitae: Updated on 14Th March, 2018 1 Short Curriculum Vitae: updated on 14th March, 2018 HARI SRIDHAR Address for correspondence: Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, INDIA Permanent address: 302, Kalpataru Renaissance, 102, 9th Cross, 6th Main, Malleswaram, Bangalore, Karnataka 560003, INDIA Phone: +91-94490 37345¨ Email: [email protected]; [email protected] EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS PhD (2014) Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science MSc - Wildlife Science (2005) Wildlife Institute of India Bachelor in Zoology (2002) University of Madras RECENT PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Post-doctoral Fellow (October 2014 - Present) Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Member, Governing Board (March 2015 – Present) International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists (INNGE) College for Life Sciences Fellow (September 2013 – March 2014) WissenscHaftskolleg zu Berlin Consultant (to develop a new Master’s level course in Conservation Practice; May-August 2013) Nature Conservation Foundation; www.ncf-india.org Organizer (January 2012 – December 2014); Working Group Member (2015-2018) Student Conference on Conservation Science, Bangalore; http://sccs-bng.org/ Founder organizer (along with approx. 30 other students; 2008-2010) Young Ecologists Talk and Interact; http://meetyeti.in/ PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Sridhar, H. & Guttal, V. (in press) Friendship across species borders: factors that facilitate and constrain heterospecific socialitY. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 2. Sridhar, H. & Shanker, K. 2014. Importance of intraspecificallY gregarious species in a tropical bird communitY. Oecologia 176: 763-770 3. Sridhar, H. & Shanker, K. 2014. Using intraflock association patterns to understand whY birds participate in mixed-species foraging flocks in terrestrial habitats. BeHavioural ecology and Sociobiology 68: 185-196 1 Short Curriculum Vitae: updated on 14th March, 2018 4. Sridhar, H. Jordan, F. & Shanker, K. 2013. Species importance in a heterospecific foraging association network. Oikos 122: 1325-1334 5. Sridhar, H., Srinivasan, U., Askins, R. A., Canales Delgadillo, J. C., Chen, C-C., Ewert, D. N., Gale, G. A., Goodale, E., Gram, W. K., Hart, P. J., Hobson, K. A., Hutto, R. L., Kotagama, S. W., Knowlton, J., Lee, T. M., Munn, C. A., Nimnuan, S., Nizam, B. Z., Péron, G, Robin, V. V., Rodewald, A. D., Rodewald, P. G., Thomson, R. L., Trivedi, P., Van Wilgenburg, S. L. & Shanker, K. 2012. Positive relationships between association strength and phenotYpic similaritY characterize the assemblY of mixed-species bird flocks globally. The American Naturalist 180: 777-790. Featured in Nature Research Highlights, 20th December 2012, doi: 10.1038/492314a 6. Sridhar, H., Beauchamp, G. & Shanker, K. 2009. WhY do birds participate in mixed-species foraging flocks? A large-scale synthesis. Animal BeHaviour 78: 337-347. 7. Sridhar, H. 2009. Are arecanut plantations reallY suitable for biodiversitY conservation? Proceedings of tHe National Academy of Sciences USA 106: E34 (Letter to editor) 8. Goodale, E., Nizam, B. Z., Robin, V. V., Sridhar, H., Trivedi, P., Kotagama, S. W., Padmalal, U. K. G. K., Perera, R., Pramod, P. & VijaYan, L. 2009. Regional variation in the composition and structure of mixed-species bird flocks in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. Current Science 97:648-663. 9. Sridhar, H., Raman, T. R. S. & Mudappa, D. 2008. Corrigendum: mammal persistence and abundance in tropical rainforest remnants in the southern Western Ghats, India. Current Science 97:612-613. 10. Sridhar, H. & Sankar, K. 2008. Effects of habitat degradation on mixed-species bird flocks in Indian rain forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24:134-147. 11. Sridhar, H., Raman, T. R. S. & Mudappa, D. 2008. Mammal persistence and abundance in tropical rainforest remnants in the southern Western Ghats, India. Current Science 94:748- 757. 12. Sridhar, H. 2007. Participation by Black Baza Aviceda leupHotes in mixed-species bird flocks in rainforests in the Anamalai hills, Western Ghats, India. Indian Birds 3:26-28. CONFERENCES WHERE RESEARCH WAS PRESENTED 1. European SocietY for EvolutionarY BiologY conference at Lausanne, Switzerland (2015) 2. Behaviour conference at Newcastle, UK (2013) 3. SocietY for Conservation BiologY – Asia Chapter conference at Bangalore, India (2012) 4. Asian chapter of the Association for Tropical BiologY (ATB) at Mahabalipuram, Chennai (2007) 5. 4th International Tree squirrel and 1st International FlYing Squirrel Colloquium (2006) 6. Symposium on “Human-Elephant Relationships and Conflicts” in Colombo, Sri Lanka (2003) 7. Association for Tropical BiologY conference in Bangalore, India (2001) PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS 1. Sridhar, H. 2018. Standing Conventional Wisdom on its Head: an interview with Raghavendra Gadagkar. Dialogue, Volume 1. doi: 10.29195/DSSS.01.01.0004 2. Sridhar, H. 2018. Revisiting Coley 1983. Reflections on papers past blog. JanuarY 23, 2018 3. Sridhar, H. 2018. Revisiting Bonner 1947. Reflections on papers past blog. JanuarY 19, 2018 4. Sridhar, H. 2018. Revisiting Davies 1978. Reflections on papers past blog. JanuarY 15, 2018 2 Short Curriculum Vitae: updated on 14th March, 2018 5. Sridhar, H. 2018. Revisiting Perrins 1965. Reflections on papers past blog. JanuarY 14, 2018 6. Sridhar, H. 2018. Revisiting SeeHausen et al. 1997. Reflections on papers past blog. January 10, 2018 7. Sridhar, H. 2018. Revisiting Hrdy 1974. Reflections on papers past blog. JanuarY 2, 2018 8. Sridhar, H. 2018. Revisiting Le Boeuf 1974. Reflections on papers past blog. JanuarY 1, 2018 9. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Grant and Grant 2006. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, FebruarY 8, 2016 10. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Krebs et al. 1977. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, December 16, 2016 11. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Hector et al. 1999. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, December 11, 2016 12. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Andersson 1982. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, November 28, 2016 13. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Petrie et al. 1991. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, November 17, 2016 14. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Dayton 1971. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, November 6, 2016 15. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Reznick et al. 1990. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, November 3, 2016 16. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Chesson 2000. Ecology Students’ Society Blog, October 25, 2016 17. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting BertHold et al. 2002. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, October 22, 2016 18. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Estes et al. 1998. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, October 12, 2016 19. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Ricklefs 1987. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, October 7, 2016 20. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Kilner et al. 1999. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, October 4, 2016 21. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Roemer et al. 2002. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, September 28, 2016 22. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Endler 1980. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, September 25, 2016 23. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting TerborgH et al. 2001. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, September 20, 2016 24. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Price et al. 1988. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, September 10, 2016 25. Sridhar, H. 2016. On being a ‘PhD student parent’: interview with Anand Osuri. IndiaBioscience, September 7, 2016 26. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Hobson and WelcH 1992. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, September 5, 2016 27. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Morin 1983. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, August 7, 2016 28. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Clayton and Dickinson 1998. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, August 31, 2016 29. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting TscHarntke and Kruess 1994. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, August 26, 2016 30. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Simberloff and Von Holle 1999. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, August 19, 2016 3 Short Curriculum Vitae: updated on 14th March, 2018 31. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Ryan et al. 1990. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, August 14, 2016 32. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Morin 1983. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, August 7, 2016 33. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Moller 1988. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, August 2, 2016 34. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Novotny et al. 2002. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, July 26, 2016 35. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Laurance et al. 1998. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, July 16, 2016 36. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Fournier et al. 2005. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, July 14, 2016 37. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Gotelli and Colwell 2001. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, July 10, 2016 38. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Wilkinson 1984. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, July 1, 2016 39. Sridhar, H. 2016. Revisiting Srinivasan et al. 2000. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, June 19, 2016 40. Sridhar, H. 2016. Interview with SHaHid Naeem. EcologY Students’ Society Blog, June 9, 2016 41. Sridhar, H. 2015. Interview with JosH Donlan. Current Conservation 10.1 42. Sridhar, H. 2015. Interview with Sonia Kefi. Current Conservation 9.4 43. Sridhar, H. 2015. Interview witH Jim NicHols. Current Conservation 9.3 44. Sridhar, H. 2015. Unconscious Bias in Academia. Interview with Mahzarin Banaji. International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists (INNGE) blog. 45. Sridhar, H. 2015. On serendipity in science. Interview with Laurent Keller. International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists (INNGE) blog. 46. Sridhar, H. 2015. Interview with Mandyam Srinivasan. International Network of Next- Generation Ecologists (INNGE) blog. 47. Sridhar, H. 2015. Interview with Tim Vines
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